Paintings

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Mask Cutting

While I was sitting in the airport waiting for my plane, I did quite a bit of sketching with the idea of cutting the ideas out for masks for my prints.

This is a ghost print of one of them. I think I mentioned that I am trying to work on my layering technique as well as making my own masks for work that is totally my own. Even when I print from a plant I always feel that it is not my own. After all it is mother natures right?

So this is totally my own and I rather like the idea of using more and more of these stencils and masks. I have a few more that I made which I will post in a day or two.

Artist Statement

For most of my life I have been a painter. I have worked in pen and ink, watercolors, gouache, oils and acrylics. I have always painted the world around me in all its true splendor. For many years I lived in the tropics and painted the lush plant life that surrounded me. When I left the tropics and moved out into the country I painted landscapes of the local farms and my wonderful vegetable garden. Now that I am living in the Sonoran desert, I am influenced by the very unique and wonderful looking cactus and flowers I see on my walks.

Thank you for looking at my work and please get in touch if you would like to purchase something.